Best USB Hub?

waterise

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Hello.

I was wondering what the best USB Hub is. I prefer at the least 6 ports.
It'll need to plug into one of the USB ports my computer already has, then just extend to a Hub with 6+ ports.
USB 2.0 is fine.

Thanks!
 
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USB ports offer two options for you, power and data. If you have power taken care of, this allows the port to focus more on data. You find better performance in those types of models that have their own power supply. That and it keeps the ports from going dead faster.

thejackal85

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This is one of those questions where everyone will have a different answer, so I can only give my opinion.

In my mind, USB hubs are like pizza, a majority of them are good and will do the job. My only requirements for certain hubs (especially USB3 ones) is that it has it's own power source.
 

waterise

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Any specific reason why?
 

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USB ports offer two options for you, power and data. If you have power taken care of, this allows the port to focus more on data. You find better performance in those types of models that have their own power supply. That and it keeps the ports from going dead faster.
 
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